Delivered-To: mbaya@svaha.com From: TsunamiInc@aol.com Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:31:42 EDT Subject: The Jamie Anderson Newsletter To: DakotaAZ@aol.com Here's another edition of the somewhat ordinary but occasionally enlivening Jamie Anderson newsletter! You are on this list because you signed my mailing list at a concert or wrote to me and asked to be added. If you'd like to be deleted or if your address will change soon, please let us know at tsunamiinc@aol.com. Be kind and keep in mind that a real, feeling person answers your email. Please don't forward jokes, news items, virus warnings or petitions. I love personal notes from fans, though, and try to answer every email. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your friends, especially if I'm going to be performing in their area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. General stuff 2. Listen 3. Amazonnot.com 4. The National Women's Music Festival 5. House concerts 6. Tour, Tour, Tour 7. The Ending Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. General stuff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here at my house it's the kitten channel. All kittens, all the time. We've turned off the other TV - who needs it when we have six bouncing felines to entertain us? It was hard to see three of them go to their new homes last night, especially the runt we've been hand feeding the last week. The formula has really helped her and even though her energy level is up, she's still tiny. Still, the folks who took her promised to take good care of her and I believe them. We have three kittens left, one still without a new home but with many people saying maybe, one that we'll keep (a fuzzy grey one with blue eyes that I've named Zoe) and one that'll go to a friend in August. Everyone who got kittens promised to get them spayed or neutered when they got old enough. There are too many unwanted pets in this world - it's how I got the mama, Emily - so I don't want to see any more. Folks, please, please, get your animals fixed. Thousands of animals die every month because someone didn't get their pets spayed or neutered. Wow, what a month June was É I started in Oregon, took a detour to a Caribbean island with 600 women and ended up at the National Women's Music Festival with several more hundred. I love my job. The National Festival is a special one for me. It's because of this festival that I'm able to tour in the midwest. They've been graciously booking me since the early 90's, helping me get a following in that part of the country. It's a fabulous event, well organized, fun and full of variety, and I've always enjoyed working there. This last time was no exception. Even though I didn't have my own musical set, I had a fine time emceeing on stage, blabbing about my dog, my Olivia trip, the cats É actually, I didn't mean to be up there so long that one night. They told me it was a five minute set change. Thirty minutes or so later, I'm still up there. I didn't mind the sound glitch, I'm one of those weirdos who likes being on stage, but I think I'll bring my guitar up there next time. Ooh, and I got to bellydance too, and teach workshops. I'll also be teaching and bellydancing at the Michigan festival in August. I'll do another campfire concert or two and there's a possibility I might get some stage time too! More on that in the next newsletter. I have a couple of performances in North Carolina this month (one a very special benefit for a woman who has cancer - please come) and an appearance in late July at a new women's music festival in Ithaca, NY. See the tour schedule at the end of the newsletter for more details. ~~~~~~~~ 2. Listen ~~~~~~~~ I am recording a new album, "Listen," in August that will be out at the end of this year or shortly after. To say I'm merely excited about this project is a gross understatement. I've hired a talented group of musicians (including Kara Barnard and Kia and Miriam from Wishing Chair) and I can't wait to get in the studio with them! Included are songs that you've requested on a recording, including "Maybe You Miss Me," "Forever Family," "I Miss the Dog" (canine lovers will rejoice at this one - I MUST redeem myself for the cat song), "Potato Chips" plus more. I am currently raising money for this project. I need gifts and loans of $1,000 or more. I know, it's a lot of money, but this project will cost about $18,000. (Small, compared to the $100,000 or more that major labels spend.) If you think you might be able to help me out, contact me at tsunamiinc@aol.com and we can discuss details. Here's another way to help. Not only can you get a first edition of the new CD, but you can get other great stuff too! Below is an order form. Cut and paste to a separate page, print it on paper, fill it out, then send it with a check to Tsunami Recordings, 4201 University Dr., Suite 102, Box 417, Durham, NC, 27707. Help make "Listen" a reality! Check the level you'd like ____$50 Signed first edition of "Listen" CD ____$100 Signed first edition of "Listen" CD Signed photo Your name on the CD liner notes (optional) ____$500 Signed first edition of "Listen" CD Signed photo Your name on the CD liner notes (optional) Complete Jamie Anderson catalogue (still in print): Drive All Night CD Never Assume CD Bad Hair Day tape A Family of Friends CD Center of Balance CD ____$1000 Signed first edition of "Listen" CD Signed photo Your name on the CD liner notes (optional) Complete Jamie Anderson catalogue (still in print) Drive All Night CD Never Assume CD Bad Hair Day tape Family of Friends CD Center of Balance CD Songwriting and the Guitar book (Jamie has a chapter) "Listen" t-shirt (size _____) One concert, songwriting lesson or guitar lesson in your home (you must be in or near a city where Jamie is already scheduled to perform - day to be chosen by you and Jamie, it will probably be on a weeknight) Name ____________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________ City ______________________________________ State/Province ________ Zip _____________ Email address _____________________________________________________ Make the check payable to Tsunami Recordings, include it with this this form and mail to 4201 University Dr., Suite 102, Box 417, Durham, NC, 27707. Everything will be mailed after Listen is released. Thanks for your support! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Amazon not com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know it's really convenient to use Amazon.com but did you know that they support Dr. Laura? There's a banner ad on Dr. Laura's website for Amazon.com. At first they said it was okay they were doing that because her website did not contain any discriminatory comments. However, she has a call-to-action for listeners to contact congress to support the Jesse Helms amendment which would protect the Boy Scout's discriminatory policy toward gay folks. When this was pointed out to the Amazon.com folks they said it was okay because she didn't advocate "illegal discrimination." HUH? So, make some noise, folks, and tell Amazon.com this is not cool. Contact them at info@amazon.com. Write to Dr. Laura, too, if you think it'll do any good. And most of all, don't support Amazon.com. Not only do they fail to see anything wrong with Dr.Laura's policies, but they're helping to put many independent bookstores out of business. Check out these sites www.powells.com, www.amazonfembks.com, www.newpages.com/NPGuides/bookstores.htm (a comprehensive site listing independent bookstores all over the US), or visit an independent bookstore in your area. To read more about the Amazon controversy: http://forums.about.com/ab-uspolitics2/messages/?lgnf=y&msg=228.1 To see Amazon's ad on Dr. Laura's site: http://forums.about.com/ab-uspolitics2/messages/?lgnf=y&msg=264.1 BTW, Amazon.com carries my recordings but I rather that you'd buy them from www.ladyslipper.org, www.goldenrod.com or www.hrmusic.com. The information about Amazon.com and Dr. Laura came from THE LIST, a net newsletter with information about lgbt folks. It's an excellent news source. To subscribe: send a blank email to join-thelist@wiredstrategies.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. The National Women's Music Festival ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This festival is in serious financial trouble and even though we raised lots of money recently, they aren't out of the woods yet. Please do what you can to get to this festival next year and bring 100 of your closest friends. I guarantee you'll all have a fabulous time. And if you'd like greater involvement, become a board member or other volunteer. Contact them at wia@wiaonline.org. For more info about the festival: www.wiaonline.org. Okay, so here's my speech about supporting women's culture. I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I'm hoping you'll take this message to your friends. When you attend a Melissa Etheridge concert, you have not experienced all there is to women's culture. Sure, you get to be in an audience of hundreds of women to see an awesome performer. But, the reason you and so many others know about her is because of the money laden publicity machine that backs her, all run by straight white men. There are hundreds, heck, thousands, of other performers who are just as talented, who don't have that money behind them. I refuse to let Island Records decide my culture. I'd rather decide myself and one way to do that is to support events like the National Women's Music Festival. Okay, now I feel better. I'll get off the soapbox now. My but that was a long step for someone with poor depth perception. BTW, I like Etheridge's music, I'm not telling you to stop attending her shows. And for those of you who've heard my parody of "Bring Me Some Water," you KNOW how I feel about her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. House Concerts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes I do house concerts! If you have a room that fits 20 or more and an address book of friends who'd attend, we can set something up. A house concert is easy. We agree on a date, you contact your friends, then I show up to do a concert. It's like giving a party only there's live music. I book house concerts later than my other gigs and the show needs to be on the way to or from other performances. Look at my tour schedule and see if I'm going to be anywhere near you. Even if I'm not, I could keep your name and address and contact when I will be in the area. In a month, I'll be looking for house concert opportunities for the fall in New England, NY, PA, MD, and VA. For a good overview of house concerts, see www.darrylpurpose.com/etc/house.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Tour, tour, tour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As always, check with the venue before heading out to a show. 7/4 - 8 Bakersville, NC, Camp Pleiades, starcamp@aol.com, www.starcamp.com, 888-324-3110 7/13 Cary, NC, 8 pm, SixString CafŽ, 107 Edinborough South, 919-469-3667, laural@intrex.net, benefit for Kathy Leahan, with Kim Buchanan and others, www.sixstringcafe.com, laural@intrex.net 7/28 Ithaca, NY, 5:30 pm, Common Grounds Womens Music Festival, 1230 Danby Rd., info@ithacacommonground.com, 607-273-1503, 607-273-4497, 800-284-8422, with Tret Fure and others 8/6 - 12 Hart, MI, Michigan Women's Music Festival, teaching intensive workshops, 231-757-4766, www.michfest.com 9/7 - 9 Darlington, MD, Sisterspace, with Edwina Lee Tyler, Marga Gomez, Alix Olson and others, 215-546-4890, www.sisterspace.org 9/22 Hartford, CT, Pride Festival, Bushnell Park, with others, www.connecticutpride.com, ctpride@dmhwebs.com, 860-524-8114 9/29 Montague, MA, Montague Book Mill, Greenfield Rd., with Bernice Lewis, bookmill@the-spa.com, 413-367-9206 9/30 Bridgeport, CT, 7 pm, Acoustic CafŽ, 2926 Fairfield Ave., 203-335-FOLK, akoostix@aol.com 10/6 Ellsworth, ME, house concert, matt@baya.net 10/13 New York City, NY, Sun Music Company, with Robert Urban and Ernie Lijoi, 212-396-9521, www.sunmusicompany.com 10/18 Troy, NY, Russell Sage College 10/19 Syracuse, NY, Happy Endings Cafe, www.folkus.org, 315-475-1853 10/20 Rockland County, NY, The Link, 845-364-LINK, LINK4Women@yahoo.com, women only please 10/27 (tentative) Washington, DC, WomankindP@aol.com 10/29 My birthday!! More New England, NY, PA and MD gigs to be added. Stay tuned! 7. The Ending Quote "But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that are not very transparent, that hide behind the - that don't let people in to take a look and see what they're up to. They're very kind of authoritarian regimes. The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans." -- George W. Shrub at a recent Washington DC media roundtable WHATever. -- Jamie Jamie Anderson Singer - Songwriter - Parking Lot Attendant *** Touring nationally for over a decade *** http://www.jamieanderson.com http://www.mp3.com/jamieanderson 4201 University Dr., Ste. 102, Durham, NC, 27707 tsunamiinc@aol.com Order Jamie's recordings! Goldenrod: www.goldenrod.com Ladyslipper: 800-634-6044, or www.ladyslipper.org Harmony Ridge: www.hrmusic.com